Free Printable Educational Diagrams

Menu

Crayfish Diagrams Printable

Printable diagrams of a crayfish to help you learn more about the detailed structure and anatomy of a crayfish. In the following crayfish diagrams, the anatomy is drawn with the labels. Click on the image to zoom and save the diagrams. Here’s the list of the anatomy diagrams.

Sponsored links

image via 2.bp.blogspot.com

Crayfish are crustaceans that are closely related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimp. There are about 150 crayfish species in North America, and over 540 species worldwide. Crayfish live in streams, rivers, swamps, ponds, and other freshwater habitats. Most crayfish are strictly aquatic but some live in semi-aquatic environments. As you can notice in the crayfish diagram, crayfish have two main body areas: the cephalothorax, which consists of the head and upper body, and then the abdomen, which is clearly segmented. You can find appendages on both areas.

image via www.exploringnature.org

image via www.cashmancuneo.net

On the head, there are the eyes, antennae, and antennules, which look like much shorter antennae. A crayfish will use its antennae for touch, taste, and smell, and its antennules for balance, touch, and taste. We also find the mouth parts of the crayfish here. The mandibles are the crushing jaws, and two pairs of maxillae hold and tear solid food before it reaches the mouth. There’s yet another structure that helps with eating called the maxillipeds. These act like arms that hold food while the crayfish eats. The uropods and telson together make up the tail fan. The crayfish is able to move backwards by forcing water with its tail fan.

image via synergysci0809.files.wordpress.com

image via upload.wikimedia.org

All pictures presented are the teaching resources of crayfish diagrams that you can easily save and print. Other educational diagram resources are also available in this site. Just browse our category archive or type the key word on the search column!

Crayfish Diagrams Printable is published on 2018-03-12T12:00:57+07:00 and last modified: 2018-03-12T09:55:50+07:00 by Cassidy Smith

Sponsored links

Sponsored links

Crayfish Diagrams Printable on Diagram Site. This diagram pictures uploaded by Cassidy Smith on 12 March 2018 at 12:00 pm. If you feel this image of Crayfish Diagrams Printable is useful for you, feel free to share this nice Anatomy to your social media account.